The federal budget announced today proposed a plan that would boost funding for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and its French-language counterpart, Radio-Canada — and included in that plan was the possibility that Canada could participate in Eurovision.

According to the budget , $150 million would go toward the broadcaster “to strengthen its mandate to serve the public and to better reflect the needs of Canadians” in 2025-26. The government was also working with CBC to “explore participation in Eurovision,” the televised songwriting competition.

However, little information is available about the Eurovision plan. “Further details will be announced in due course,” a spokesperson for the Department of Finance Canada told National Post after the budget announcement.

Canada has

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